[R.O. 2007 § 210.130; CC 1979 § 20-5; Ord. No. 1737 §§ 1
— 4, 3-28-1991; Ord. No. 2775 § 1(20-5), 11-13-1997; Ord. No. 6579 § 13, 7-28-2016[1]]
A.
A person commits the offense of peace disturbance
if he or she:
1.
Unreasonably and knowingly disturbs
or alarms another person or persons by:
a.
Loud noise;
b.
Offensive language addressed in a
face-to-face manner to a specific individual and uttered under circumstances
which are likely to produce an immediate violent response from a reasonable
recipient;
c.
Threatening to commit a felonious
act against any person under circumstances which are likely to cause
a reasonable person to fear that such threat may be carried out;
d.
Fighting; or
e.
Creating a noxious and offensive
odor.
[1]
Editor’s Note: Section 25 of this ordinance
provided that it would take effect at 12:01 A.M. on 1-1-2017.
B.
For purposes of this Section, if a building
or structure is divided into separately occupied units, such units
are separate premises.
[1]
Editor’s Note: Section 25 of this ordinance
provided that it would take effect at 12:01 A.M. on 1-1-2017.
A.
PRIVATE PROPERTY
PROPERTY OF ANOTHER
PUBLIC PLACE
For the purposes of Sections 210.130 and 210.140, the following words or phrases shall have the prescribed meanings herein:
Any place which at the time of the offense is not open to
the public. It includes property which is owned publicly or privately.
Any property in which the person does not have a possessory
interest.
Any place which at the time of the offense is open to the
public. It includes property which is owned publicly or privately.
[1]
Editor’s Note: Section 25 of this ordinance
provided that it would take effect at 12:01 A.M. on 1-1-2017.
[Ord. No. 6382 § 1, 8-13-2015]
A.
The Board of Aldermen of the City of St.
Peters, Missouri, does hereby find, determine and declare that families
have a legitimate and legally cognizable interest in organizing and
attending funerals for deceased relatives, and that the rights of
families to peacefully and privately mourn the death of relatives
are violated when funerals are targeted for picketing or protest activities.
The Board of Aldermen of the City of St. Peters, Missouri, also recognizes
that individuals have a constitutional right to free speech, and that
in the context of funeral ceremonies the competing interests of picketers
and funeral participants must be balanced. Therefore, the Board of
Aldermen does hereby find, determine and declare that the purpose
of this Section is to protect the privacy of grieving families and
to preserve the peaceful character of cemeteries, mortuaries, and
places of worship, during a funeral at that place, while still providing
picketers and protestors the opportunity to communicate their message
at a time and place that minimizes the interference with the rights
of families participating in a funeral.
B.
FUNERAL
PICKETING OF A FUNERAL
PROTEST ACTIVITIES
For purposes of this Section the following
definitions shall apply:
The ceremonies and memorial services held in connection with
the burial or cremation of a deceased individual, but does not include
funeral processions on public streets or highways while the deceased
individual is in transit and beyond the three-hundred-foot zone defined
in the definition of "picketing of a funeral" below, nor does it include
a wake (sometimes referred to as a visitation or vigil).
Picketing or protest activities engaged in by a person or
persons located within three hundred (300) feet of the premises of
a cemetery, mortuary, place of worship or other location at which
a funeral is conducted.
Any public display of sentiment or action that is disruptive
or undertaken to disrupt or disturb a funeral.
C.
It shall be unlawful for any person to
engage in or cause the picketing of a funeral during the period from
one (1) hour prior to the commencement of any funeral through one
(1) hour following the cessation of any funeral.
D.
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this Section within the City of St. Peters shall be guilty of an offense and upon conviction thereof shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of Section 100.060 of the St. Peters City Code. Each day a violation is committed or permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Section 210.155, Funeral
Protests Prohibited, When — Funeral Defined, was repealed 10-14-2010
by Ord. No. 5485 § 1.
[R.O. 2007 § 210.160]
A person commits the offense of unlawful
assembly if he/she knowingly assembles with six (6) or more other
persons and agrees with such persons to violate any of the criminal
laws of this State or of the United States with force or violence.
